AI agents should follow user instructions exactly, not act on their own judgment
yacineMTB · x · 2026-07-26
The post argues that it may be enough to make AI systems do exactly what the user asks, rather than letting autonomous agents decide what seems “good” on their own.
The author says that when asking an AI to scrape public infrastructure APIs, they can use their own understanding of how those systems work to avoid causing harm, and suggests that more knowledge can make people act better, not worse. The core claim is that society probably should not allow autonomous rogue agents to act on their own judgment.
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